Chadian Civil War (2005–2010)

The Chadian Civil War (2005–2010) began on 18 December 2005. Since its independence from France in 1960, Chad has been swamped by civil wars between the Arab-Muslims of the north and the Sub-Saharan-Christians of the south. As a result, leadership and presidency in Chad drifted back and forth between the Christian southerners and Muslim northerners. When one side was in power, the other side usually started a revolutionary war to counter it. Quotes I am a man of dialogue and openess. War has never settled things… Chad wants to live in perfect harmony with all its neighbours. Deby says We are extremely grateful for both the Sudanese government and the Chadian government to reach out to each other. We think this is historic, but more than that we think this is an absolute key to breaking what we think is a cycle of insecurity that is going on in Darfur. Scott Gration, the US envoy, said External links